कुंडापुरा, कर्नाटक में प्रगतिशील मत्स्य किसानों के साथ क्षेत्र भ्रमण एवं संवाद
Field visit and interaction with progressive fish farmers at Kundapura, Karnataka
A field visit and interaction was organized with progressive farmers at Kundapura on 12 April 2026. Dr Sreekanth GB, Senior Scientist (FRM) visited the cage and raft mussel farm of Shri Ravi Kharvi and shrimp farm of Shri. Shridhar, award winning farmers of coastal Karnataka as a part of the ADB funded project on climate resilient fish farming. The mussel farm was inspected and necessary guidance to reduce the death and drop of the mussels were suggested such as keeping the rope away from low depth zones, cleaning the ropes regularly, shifting the rope 30-50 cm below the water level, and also using check nets to collect the dropped mussels. The farmer was advised to do the farming also along with cages inorder to improve the income and to utilize the algal growth in and around the cages (IMTA model). The feeding management in cages were monitored and necessary suggestions were provided. The shrimp farmer follows a low stocking density and high count harvesting strategy. The various problems such as labour, quality seed, feed and management were discussed. The automation of the feeding and water quality monitoring and management was suggested to the farmer. The farmers appreciated the efforts of the institute and assured wholehearted co-operation in research and extension activities. The programme was coordinated by Dr Sreekanth, Shri Trivesh Mayekar, Scientist (Fish Genetics and Breeding) and Dr Elroy Pereira, Assoc. Fellow from TERI, Goa.